>> alfonsi: breanna dement started using drugs when she was a teenager.d when she was first arrested at age 18 for d.u.i. this was her second arrest, here 26 years old, just 90 pounds. this past january, krishawna harless got her out of jail and into treatment. >> breanna dement: i'm glad i got to come here because of the opportunities that they, you know, offer you. >> harless: and you're in a long-term recovery program, which you need. >> dement: yeah, i definitely do. i mean, everybody's always told me that and i was like, "no, i can do this." >> harless: but you were out there for a long time. >> dement: but i needed it. >> harless: so you're doing good. >> dement: yeah, doing really ha?d.y toove to the >>ent: oh os y! >> harless: you look good. ( laughs ) >> dement: thank you. >> johnson: a lot of those faces and a lot of the people that we dealt with over, over and over again, they're not here anymore. they're off to rehab or straightened their life up and moved on. >> alfonsi: the program is part of a larger effort across the city and state to tigh

people like breanna, a third generation resident. and her three sisters have lived through the conditions you saw today. despite these challenges, breanna is a leader in her community, and she is fighting for the next generation. she has not given up on this community and we will not give up on you. we have to be accountable to the thousands of residents across the city living in public housing and our low income communities. our budget would be accountable to them both by continuing our work to improve the conditions here and our continued commitment to provide funding to keep thousands of housing authority residents secure in their homes. yes, joyce armstrong and happy birthday. also by recognizing that we need to do more to keep people in these neighborhoods safe and supported. for too long this was not a safe community. families were torn apart by violence, gunfire, crime, tragedy, frustration. this community has lived with that. that is why i wanted to come here to acknowledge the past, yes, but also to make a commitment to a be

instead, he and four—year—old breanna were detained and separated for months.leave me, he says. it was very hard when i got her back. she didn't recognise me. when darkness falls here, the streets are deserted. the gangs own the night. they sell drugs, run extortion rackets, and try to control everything that moves. we met two former gang members who became police informers. we cannot use their names or broadcast their voices. chillingly, they say their job was to kill and keep killing. 0ne admits to slaughtering 56 people. the first one was with a knife. he was a member of a rival gang. then there were others with a gun. the last one was chopped up. you mutilate the body, the hands, the legs, the arms. you take their insides out. it sounds like you were butchering people like you might butcher a sheep. at that moment, i just thought of them as my enemy. i had to kill seven people to be initiated into the gang. if you want to earn rank, you have to carry on killing. this man started killing at 15, and became a leader in his local area. he says, if his old gang

instead, he and four—year—old breanna were detained and separated for months.says. it was very hard when i got her back will stop she didn't recognise me. when darkness falls here the streets are deserted. the gangs own the night. they sell drugs, run extortion rackets and try to control everything that moves. we met two former gang members who became police informers. we cannot use their names or broadcast their voices. chillingly they say their job was to kill and keep killing. one admits to slaughtering 56 people. the first one was with a knife. he was a member of a rival gang. then there were others with a gun. the last one was chopped up. you mutilate the body, the hands, the legs, the arms, you take their insides out. it sounds like you were butchering people like you might butchering people like you might butcher a sheep. at that moment i just thought of them as my enemy. i had to kill seven people to be an issue initiated into the gang. if you want to earn rank you have to carry on killing. this man started killing at 15 and became a leader in his local

. >> hi, my name is breanna. i am here to talk about miss april. we need her to be here because she is part of the community. she helped my family out a lot. without her, we would be very sad and heartbroken. thank you. [applause] >> hello, my name is ezekiel. i have five kids that go to malcolm x and all i have to say is that for miss april not to be working here anymore, i would pull my kids out. she has been like a driving force on and off work. after work, she's still sitting here in case anyone needs help with things, with my daughter, she had leukemia, and it was a hard transition. she helped out a lot. she is like a mentor to my daughter who is not here right now, but i just feel like the hunter's view community would be losing so much, you know, and i just wanted to come and support her. [applause] >> hello, my name is evan a scott. my daughter goes to malcolm x. miss april wasn't integral part of our community and at school. we have lost so much in the past year. we have lost a lot. we have lost other staff members , we lost half hour viru

ncicap.org] ♪ >> for a conversation on leveling the playing field, please welcome christine andnan, breannaary knight. [applause] conversation we are going to talk specifically about some of the challenges and issues involving women's sports. we talked in the first panel about people involved in , andsts of the past mostly now we are going to talk to you, involved in the protests going on right now. explain to people what is happening, and the decision to unionize? >> it is a huge decision. together, iely got would say everyone around the world, 200 plus players, top players, and we said we don't like the way professional women's ice hockey is. we want something viable and we are looking to build a better future and are willing to forgo a convenient lace to play today in order to build a better tomorrow for the next generation. what has been the response you have received so far? a lot of fans would like, we can't watch you play, but we have had an outpouring of support. we has support with our equitable support battle a few years ago and we will get through it and build something even grea